The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has presented certificates of participation to winners of the National Chocolate Day 2017 Social Media campaign at a short ceremony at the GTA Headquarters in Accra.

The competition organized as part of the celebrations for the National Chocolate Day was to drive interest and awareness of tourist sites in the country.

Addressing the participants, the Ag. Chief Executive Officer of the GTA, Mr. Akwasi Agyeman, congratulated the winners for the keen interest shown in participating in the competition. He said the Authority in the coming weeks will be coming out with a marketing strategy for the country. Mr. Agyeman further urged the winners to partner GTA in its quest to promote domestic tourism.

About 2000 people participated in the competition which was run on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The seven-day online quiz competition was to reward winners to have overnight stays in some hotels and visit some tourist attractions across the country and also to encourage domestic tourism.

The award winners who were those who answered all daily questions correctly are Emmanuel Aboagye Mensah, Ezekiel Ola Quansah, Helina Agyeman and Aquila Mpomaa Boamah. The rest are Nana Oye Boamah, Akua Twum and Mawunya Darke.